Independent Press Top 40 Best Sellers

For the week ending

October 11th, 2026

The Independent Publishers Caucus & NEIBA proudly presents the Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers! In partnership with the American Booksellers Association, this new bestseller list identities the top titles from independent presses as represented at independent bookstores across the US.

FICTION

1. The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, 9781954118812
2. Fruit Fly
Josh Silver, Crooked Lane Books, 9798892426374
3. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, 9781945492600
4. The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), Norton, 9780393356250
5. May We Feed the King
Rebecca Perry, Transit Books, 9798893380620
6. Stitched
Eli McCann, Torrey House Press, 9798890920461
7. John of John 
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, 9780802167194
8. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 1
Beth Brower, Rhysdon Press, 9780998063614
9. The Birthing Tree
Amanda Peters, Catapult, 9781646223695
10. I See You've Called in Dead
John Kenney, Zibby Publishing, 9798989923021
11. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, 9780802165176
12. Stoner
John Williams, NYRB Classics, 9781590171998
13. Dark Reading Matter: The Last Thursday Next Novel (A Thursday Next Novel #8)
Jasper Fforde, Soho Press, 9781641296687
14. The Poison Daughter
Sheila Masterson, Slowburn, 9781638935971
15. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2
Beth Brower, Rhysdon Press, 9780998063621
16. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, 9780802158741
17. Victorian Psycho: A Novel
Virginia Feito, Liveright, 9781324097785
18. Carmilla Deluxe Edition: The Dark Sapphic Romance that Inspired Dracula
Sheridan Le Fanu, Pushkin Press, 9781805332121
19. Sometimes I Scare Myself: A Collection of Horror
Jeneva Rose, Blackstone Publishing, 9798212182881
20. The Iliad
Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), W. W. Norton & Company, 9781324076148
21. Brother of the More Famous Jack
Barbara Trapido, NYRB Classics, 9798896230779
22. F*cked Up Fairy Tales: Sinful Cinderellas, Prince Alarmings, and Other Timeless Classics
Liz Gotauco, Jade Gotauco (Illus.), W. W. Norton & Company, 9781324134428
23. Fair Ones: A Double Novel
Lydia Millet, W. W. Norton & Company, 9781324123675
24. We
Layli Long Soldier, Graywolf Press, 9781644454176
25. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3
Beth Brower, Rhysdon Press, 9780998063638
26. The Trees: A Novel
Percival Everett, Graywolf Press, 9781644450642
27. Sunburn
Chloe Michelle Howarth, Melville House, 9781685892111
28. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I)
Solvej Balle, Barbara J. Haveland (Transl.), New Directions, 9780811237253
29. Taiwan Travelogue
Shuang-zi Yang, Graywolf Press, 9781644453155
30. Up to No Good: The Complete Elderly Lady Stories
Helene Tursten, Soho Crime, 9781641299138
31. Sipsworth
Simon Van Booy, David R. Godine Publisher, 9781567928754
32. Lights Out (Into Darkness Series #1)
Navessa Allen, Slowburn, 9781638932239
33. Walk the Blue Fields
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, 9780802118721
34. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4
Beth Brower, Rhysdon Press, 9780998063645
35. London Station: A Novel
David McCloskey, W. W. Norton & Company, 9781324123217
36. A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess, W. W. Norton & Company, 9780393341768
37. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5
Beth Brower, Rhysdon Press, 9780998063652
38. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, 9780393356687
39. Helen of Nowhere
Makenna Goodman, Coffee House Press, 9781566897358
40. Night of a Thousand Hells
Intan Paramaditha, Europa Editions, 9798889662129

NONFICTION

1. Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State
Michael Lewis, W. W. Norton & Company, 9781324131656
2. Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature
Emily Wilson, Liveright, 9781324099406
3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, 9781571313560
4. The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State
Jill Lepore, Liveright, 9781324098423
5. Guinness World Records 2027
Guinness World Records, Guinness World Records, 9781806500253
6. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
John U. Bacon, Liveright, 9781324094647
7. Living in the Present with John Prine
Tom Piazza, W. W. Norton & Company, 9781324134305
8. Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Liveright, 9781324090977
9. The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss
Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris, W. W. Norton & Company, 9781324006848
10. Monstrous Bitch: A History of Terrifying Women
Eleanor Johnson, Princeton University Press, 9780691291666
11. With Her Own Hands: Women Weaving Their Stories
Nicole Nehrig, W. W. Norton & Company, 9781324134350
12. I Deliver Parcels in Beijing
Hu AnYan, Astra House, 9781662603747
13. Is a River Alive?
Robert Macfarlane, W. W. Norton & Company, 9781324130734
14. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, 9781771643771
15. The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd's Life
Helen Whybrow, Milkweed Editions, 9781571311634
16. Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences
Anton Jäger, Verso, 9781836742074
17. A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, 9781804290446
18. Strung Up: How White America Learned to Lynch Black Children
Stacey Patton, Beacon Press, 9780807016206
19. Chasing the Headless Horseman: The History, Hijinks, and Halloweens of the Real Sleepy Hollow
J.W. Ocker, Countryman Press, 9781324112228
20. Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, 9780807014271
21. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature
Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, Spiegel & Grau, 9781966302407
22. The Fifth Risk
Michael Lewis, Norton, 9780393357455
23. How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World
Ethan Tapper, Broadleaf Books, 9798341900196
24. A Resistance History of the United States
Tad Stoermer, Steerforth, 9781586424367
25. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Oregon State University Press, 9780870714993
26. Requiem for Gaza
Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco, Fantagraphics, 9798875002724
27. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard, Liveright, 9781631492228
28. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Liveright, 9781631499050
29. Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy
Mary Roach, W. W. Norton & Company, 9781324134268
30. A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps
Jonn Elledge, The Experiment, 9798893030822
31. Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay (Princeton Classics #129)
Anne Carson, Princeton University Press, 9780691247939
32. No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism
Jared Huffman, W. W. Norton & Company, 9781324130482
33. This Is The Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy
Ben Wikler, W. W. Norton & Company, 9781324131434
34. Trash!: A Garbageman's Story
Simon Pare-Poupart, Melville House, 9781685892494
35. How to Survive Authoritarianism: A Russian's Phrasebook for Everyday Life in America
Maria Kuznetsova, Dan Storyev, Liveright, 9781324098799
36. There's a Monster in the Lake: The World as a Fantastical Place
Laura Fernández, Graywolf Press, 9781644454190
37. The Wretched of the Earth
Frantz Fanon, Grove Press, 9780802158635
38. The Book of Genocides
Dana Mashoian Walrath, Harvard University Press, 9780674299054
39. A Short History of the Gaza Strip
Anne Irfan, W. W. Norton & Company, 9781324134411
40. California Inside Out: Mapping an Ecology of Mind
Obi Kaufmann, Heyday Books, 9781597147255